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Better Instructional Design Theory: Process Improvement or Reengineering?
Dick, Walter – Educational Technology, 1997
Discusses three ways that instructional design theories can change over time: (1) revision via evolution of models to reflect the outcomes that are being achieved with its current use; (2) revision to reflect current understanding of technology; and (3) complete replacement of present theory with another more powerful theory. Describes the…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning)
Changes in Students' Computer Literacy: As a Function of Classroom Access to Computers and Teacher Utilization.
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Hackbarth, Steve – TechTrends, 2000
The Computer Literacy Assessment Tool (CLAT) (Hackbarth, 1997) was administered to third-grade classes over the course of one academic year, measuring factors that affected changes in students' computer literacy. Results presented here focus primarily on the impact of classroom computer access on computer vocabulary, and the extent to which…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Change, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Windows on the Future: Education in the Age of Technology.
McCain, Ted; Jukes, Ian – 2001
This book is designed to help educators cope with changes created by technology and embrace a new mindset necessary to access the burgeoning technological advances, in order to keep schools and students relevant in the 21st century. The book looks through several "windows" on the future, and asks educators to consider their own paradigms…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change
Education & Technology: Reflections on Computing in Classrooms.
Fisher, Charles, Ed.; Dwyer, David C., Ed.; Yocam, Keith, Ed. – 1996
This volume examines learning in the age of technology, describes changing practices in technology-rich classrooms, and proposes new ways to support teachers as they incorporate technology into their work. It commemorates the eleventh anniversary of the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT) Project, when Apple Computer, Inc., in partnership with a…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
We Are the Future.
Tobiason, Thomas L. – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1996
Describes the technology-rich American School in Tokyo, Japan, its equipment, and ways students are using the school's technology. Notes three lessons learned from working in a high-tech environment: (1) teachers must be enthusiastic about technology; (2) they must create a plan that copes with constant change; and (3) they must invest in computer…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education
Resolving Teachers' Concerns about Microcomputer Technology.
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Hope, Warren C. – Computers in the Schools, 1997
Discusses the effects of change and innovations on teachers. Describes the use of the Stages of Concern Questionnaire of the Concerns-Based Adoption Model to examine teachers' concerns about the introduction of microcomputer technology in an elementary school. Addresses the importance of teacher training. (LRW)
Descriptors: Change, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education
Technology and Teaching.
Lloyd, Les, Ed. – 1997
This volume is a compilation of chapters by faculty from a variety of disciplines demonstrating the use of different multimedia instruction techniques in order to enhance the higher education classroom experience for students. The book is divided into five parts: (1) General; (2) Multimedia; (3) Software; (4) Software/Hardware; and (5) the Web.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software